An Introduction to the Natural History of One of the World's Great Natural Monuments Kinabalu is a magnet to travellers and a symbol of conservation and the wilderness for natural history enthusiasts and biologists the world over. An impressive retinue of botanists, zoologists and ecologists has continued to make exciting discoveries of many strange and newly found species. This superbly illustrated guide gives the natural history background to the mountain, explaining the key aspects of its ecology and uniqueness, introducing the wonderful plant and animal life found there (on this one mountain alone are more than 4000 species of vascular plants, thousands of insect forms, more than 300 bird species and 100 mammals, and many others!), and explaining the educational and conservation roles of the Kinabalu Park. This account captures, in a nutshell, the wonderful mountain that is Southeast Asia's most spectacular natural landmark and one of Asia's most important biological sites.